Visa Pour L'Image Starts Today

For those of you who are going to Perpignan for the 19th International Festival of Photojournalism starting today for a two weeks, have fun! For those of you who aren't and are in the region get yourself along to the annual industry shindig and see some amazing exhibitions, talks, slideshows and more.

Check out the website for more details.

Chinese Tourism Slideshow

Photo MA graduate Markel Redondo has recently published his final semester project on Chinese Tourism as an online slideshow. Some of these images were also published in the British Journal of Photography.

Nikon Full Frame D3 Released

Nikon has finally joined Canon in announcing the release of their new Full Frame D3, 12 Mega Pixel camera along with a new D300 and selection of new lenses.

It looks like Nikon are catching up with Canon in the pro market with the success of their 5D and new 1D III. However, despite the new lens annoucenment they are still missing some fast wide prime lenses (24mm, 28mm and 35mm sub 2.8).

Read more about the D3 spec here and Thom's interpretation here!

21.1 M.Pixel Canon EOS 1Ds MkIII Accidentally Announced

Amazon has unintentionally let slip details about a new 21MP Canon EOS 1Ds MkIII, an 11MP jump on the recently announced Canon 1D MkIII. Engadget speculates this is to try and lure the fashion and studio photographers away from their Medium Format cameras. read more about it here.

Is Western Media Coverage of China Stale and Cliched?

Media Talk: Has western coverage of the China story become stale and cliched?

In interesting talk on the state and effect of Western media's coverage of China at The Frontline Club in London on August 23rd at 7:30pm.

Guest speakers include:

Rob Gifford – former China correspondent for NPR, author of China Road: a Journey into the Future of a Rising Power.

Duncan Hewitt - BBC correspondent in China from 1997 to 2002. He now writes for Newsweek and other publications from Shanghai, and is the author of Getting Rich First: Life in a changing China.

Catherine Sampson – former China correspondent for The Times , author of The Pool of Unease.

Lifen Zhang - Editor, FTChinese.com, Financial Times. Previously worked for the BBC as a journalist, producer, news editor and journalism trainer.

Photo Books

A interesting lament from the Magnum Blog about producing photography books.

Interview With China Photographer

There is an interesting interview with Tom Carter a travel photographer who has been travelling in China for 4 years working on a new book China: Portrait of a People. He talks about his experiences avoiding state censorship, overzealous officials and gives some tips on travelling in the most populous country on earth!

Editor's & Publishers Photo Contest

The Editor and Publisher’s 8th annual Newspaper Photos of the Year contest closes it’s registration on September 14. They are accepting photos published in a newspaper or web site since Oct. 1, 2006. For details about the contest and registration please check here.

Jeff Mermelstein video

Have a look at a recent Media Matters video report with footage, interviews and pictures of Jeff Mermelstein and Kathy Ryan shooting on the streets of New York.

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Iraq Multi-Media Slideshow

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Rick Loomis has covered the Iraq war for the Los Angeles Times and you can see the multimedia slide-show with narration of his time in Iraq since the beginning of the war through to the effect it is having on returning soldiers.

Photo MA Staff v Students Footy Match

As part of the Photography MA second semester intensive lecture fortnight, guest lecturers and photographers took on the students in the inaugural Staff v Students match in Dalian, China. See it to believe it!

For the record - it is claimed that the Staff team won 2-1!

Bond Producer Offers 20K Bursary

James Bond producer, Michael G Wilson is offering an annual £20,000 bursary for talented young photographers.

Wilson is chairman of the National Media Museum's trustees who are managing the awards. Read more about it here.

Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year 2007

Wanderlust are running a travel photography competition here.

Magnum Snubs Olympics

Magnum photos have complained to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) that their proposed contracts for access and photography of the development for the 2012 Olympic Park in London is unworkable. Read more here.

Inside AP

Interesting multi-media slideshow about the inner workings of AP here.